No Fermi benchmarks / Price & TDP revealed

[lopri]

I'm actually curious and not trying to troll, but is anyone dissapointed that the 480 doesn't come with the full 512 shaders?

I am. Can't help but draw parallel with Phenom's infamous TLB bug. One interesting thing: It was my understanding that GF100's memory interface was tied to Polymorph engine (32 SPs)? How does it maintain 384-bit when one cluster is missing?

 

[tviceman]

I was saying that with poor yields (seeing as Nvidia has to release a crippled part as the top sku to get Fermi to the market, assuming this information is correct) I wouldn't be shocked if we never see the 512 SP part. If yields improve to the point that it makes sense financially, then of course we'll see it. But, if yields for this monster sized chip on this realatively new, and so far problematic process don't improve, I doubt the 512 SP part will ever show up as Nvidia will rather get Fermi 2 out the door.

I agree with all this; you clarified yourself. Your original post asserted yields would not get better, didn't mention anything about GF100 getting a b1 spin, and were talking about TDP's that - lets face it - nobody outside of Nvidia really, truly knows. You could be right on everything you're saying, but right now everything is just guessing.

 

[cbn]

GeForce GTX 480 : 512 SP, 384-bit, 295W TDP, US$499

It will be interesting to see how this chip responds to watercooling.